Sensing, assessing, and augmenting threat detection: Behavioral, neuroimaging, and brain stimulation evidence for the critical role of attention

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Parasuraman, Raja ^a   Galster, Scott ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; REVIEW; SENSE ASSESS AUGMENT FRAMEWORK; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84933671551     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00273     Document Type: Review

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